Category: Aid Effectiveness
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Forging resilience: defining next steps and building on initial gains
Forging Resilience: A Symposium at American University (AU) Washington, DC, February 25, 2014 A number of practitioners, evaluators, educators, researchers, funders, and representatives of civil society organizations and development agencies convened at the American University Washington, DC campus for a daylong symposium themed Forging resilience: defining next steps and building on initial gains. The participants…
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Integrated and Multi-sectoral Rural Development
“Interdependence between different sectors means that poor health, food insecurity and poverty cannot be tackled effectively by addressing one sector in isolation. Influencing sustainable and positive change means adopting a holistic, multi-sectoral approach to development.” (MDG Center, East and Southern Africa, 2007). Almost half of the world_over three billion people ,live on less than $2.50 a…
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Latest on US Budget and Farm Bill
Health and Nutrition The Kaiser Family Foundation has done a detailed analysis on the new US budget here and points out that it raises US funding for Global Health to the highest annual rate ever – US$ 9.1 billion. InterAction’s budget analysis shows that investing in Global Nutrition was increased by 21% over last year –…
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A Panel on Ending Extreme Poverty in Conflict-Affected Contexts at Center for American Progress 01/28/14
A panel was held at the Center for American Progress (CAP) this morning on ending extreme poverty in conflict-affected contexts. Among the Panelists were Alex Thier, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID , Larry Attree, Head of Policy, Saferworld ,Nancy E. Lindborg, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), USAID , John Norris, Executive…